August 2025: Welcome to John Gramza and Satoshi Fukuda as new undergraduate researchers in the group!
May 2025: Welcome to Maxwell Reece as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!
April 2025: Jason's perspective article is highlighted in a press release from the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science.
March 2025: Congratulations to Izzy Teinfalt for receiving the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship to support summer research in our group!
February 2025: Our perspective on the molecular design of heterogeneous catalysts is published in Nature Chemistry!
February 2025: Bates group had a productive visit to Clemson, SC for the Southeastern Catalysis Society Annual Symposium! Kayla Wozny, Ethan Fortuna, and Isaac Boateng presented posters. Jason Bates was elected secretary of the SECS.
January 2025: Jason Bates is selected to serve on the Early Career Advisory Board of Materials Today Catalysis.
January 2025: Welcome to Izzy Teinfalt and Lilli Ugalde as new undergraduate researchers in the group!
December 2024: Our review article on experimental research methods to measure chemical kinetics on solid catalysts is accepted in Catalysis Reviews!
December 2024: Our perspective on the molecular design of heterogeneous catalysts is accepted in Nature Chemistry!
December 2024: Congratulations to Ethan Fortuna for passing his research exam!
October 2024: Welcome to Daniel Sabbah as a new first-year graduate student in our group! Daniel received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
October 2024: Welcome to Jaxon Boudreau as a new first-year graduate student in our group! Jaxon received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
October 2024: Welcome to Zayan Akmal as a new first-year graduate student in our group! Zayan received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University.
September 2024: Congratulations to Isaac Boateng for being named an International Student Citizen Leaders Fellow by the UVA International Students and Scholars Program!
September 2024: Congratulations to Kayla Wozny and Isaac Boateng for passing their research exams!
September 2024: Welcome to Olivia Coleman as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!
March 2024: Jason Bates's co-authored article on rigor and reproducibility in site-specific characterization was published in Journal of Catalysis.
March 2024: Jason Bates receives a travel award to the 18th International Congress on Catalysis from the North American Catalysis Society.
February 2024: The entire Bates group attended the Southeastern Catalysis Society Annual Symposium and learned about the exciting science happening in the region! Jason Bates was named Social Media Chair for the SECS.
January 2024: Jason Bates is recognized as a Young Talent by the 18th International Congress on Catalysis.
January 2024: Jason Bates receives the New Investigator Award of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) to support kinetic and spectroscopic interrogation of electrocatalyst microenvironments.